The Destiny Manifest

This week 7/19 - 7/26

This week…

• My dad has been in the hospital since Thursday, after going into shock IN MY CAR. He’s been touch-and-go all week, with very low blood pressure & a super high heart rate, kidneys failing, intestinal bleeding… but he seems to be doing better now. Hoping he gets out of CCU and into a regular room in the morning.
• I finished the back & left front of my Hey, Teach cardigan. I’m so pleased with it!
• My daughters were very excited to find their 2nd long-missing Nintendo DS (it was down beside the refrigerator, go figure) and are now happily battling each other in Mario vs. Luigi.
• Spent some quality time with Chris for a couple days.
• Did a metric ton of laundry that’s been piling up.
• Re-learned how to graph algebraic equations for school… woohoo. :P

Now to upload the many pictures on my camera from Lakin's birthday and our other summer adventures.

Not broken, just a little unhinged

Chris and I are "complicated", according to Facebook anyway. It's all very confusing... technically we broke up, but that doesn't seem to fit what both of us had in mind, but we know we can't live together at this point, but we love each other very much and... yeah. Complicated.

This is what happens when two slightly crazy people try to make a go of it, I suppose. A little time, a little understanding, a little give-and-take and a little missing each other might be all it takes... or maybe, a little decision that we'll be better off friends in the end. Only time will tell.

--
Would we be better off if I just took some time
to try and understand you?
--
Your Mistake -  Sister Hazel

Knitwise

Knitwise, I've got lots of works-in-progress going on... and a few finished things too, though not as many as I'd like. I've got lots of things in queue that I want to knit so it's my goal to wrap up the WIP socks over the next week or so. We'll see if it happens...

Crusoe Socks for Me Lorna's Laces Sock in Andersonville Finished!	Outside In Socks for Me Cherry Tree Hill Sock in Foxy Lady One Down, One to Go!
Circle Socks for Addah Paton's Kroy Sock in Tutti Frutti Finished!	Charade Socks for Lakin Paton's Kroy Sock in Winter Eclipse One Down, One to Go!
Mermaid Socks for Me Lorna's Laces Sock in Andersonville Frogged... too tight!	Ribbed Socks for Chris Paton's Stretch Sock in Taffy One Down, One to Go!

The links are all for Ravelry pages, so if you don't have an account... go make one! It's pretty much the end-all be-all of knitting sites. :)

Summer Time!

Not a whole lot of time for posting... the summer is keeping us busy! So far we've been to the zoo, visited many parks and done lots of swimming. On the roster for the remainder of the summer: fishing, bowling and house-sitting for a week for dear friends.

2nd grade Awards!

Another proud moment... Lakin's 2nd grade awards ceremony was today. She got an award for Perfect Attendance for the Quarter and the Year, A/B Honor Holl and an award for Best Handwriting! Way to go Lakin!

I was incredibly proud to see my youngest daughter Addah graduate from K5 kindergarten this past Friday. She won an award for Perfect Attendance (4th quarter and the whole year, one of only 3 kids in the school... 2 of which are my kids), Art Student of the Year and Outstanding Performance in Science. Way to go Addah Bee!

Here she is with her wonderful teacher, Mrs. Olson, who was the school's 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year (and consequently, the only thing that made this school worth attending, since Lakin's teacher has... issues).

Perga-lovely!

My brother built my mother a pergola over her porch on the upper deck this past month. He had my dad there for direction and guidance but did the bulk of the work himself, by virtue of my dad having injured his hand in a circular saw mishap a few weeks before. The pergola is beautiful and keeps the incredibly intense sun off of the porch very well... it's tolerable to sit out there now and it definitely was not a place you wanted to hang out before.

From the porch you have a beautiful view of my mother's garden... and the gorgeous hollyhocks in full bloom. So lovely!

I am at your feet

My love, my love, we'll beat back the pain we've found.
You know, I mean to tell you all the things I've been thinking,
deep inside, my friend.
With each moment the more I love you.
crush me, come on, baby.
--
Crush - Dave Matthews Band

Chris & I

Spring has sprung

The weather this spring has been very rainy, which counteracts our previous years of drought nicely and leaves everything fresh and bright and lush. We've spent the sunny days outside, soaking up the sun.

Addah


Lakin


Addah


Andy & Lakin

Of Patsy

And the price of a memory
is the memory of the sorrow it brings...
--
Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - Counting Crows

The night Patsy died ~ 5.20.07